CONTENTS XV 



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Broadcast burning ..... 262 



Annual or periodic burning of litter . 265 



Fire-lines ...... 267 



Roads . ... .268 



Trails ... .270 



Special fire-lines 271 



Location of fire-lines . ... 281 



Artificial fire obstructions .... 284 



Supervision and patrol ..... 284 



Aids to supervision and patrol . . . 285 



Supervision of small tracts .... 290 



Supervision of large tracts .... 291 



Patrol along railroads ..... 294 



The methods of fighting fires .... 297 



Quick access to fires ..... 297 



An adequate force of fighters .... 297 



Proper equipment for fighting fires . . 299 



Organization of the fighting crew . . . 300 



Methods of fighting surface fires . . . 301 



Methods of fighting ground fires . . . 305 



Methods of fighting crown fires . . . 305 



Back-firing .306 



Patrol after a fire is extinguished . . . 308 



CHAPTER VIII. PROTECTION FROM OTHER INJURIOUS 



AGENCIES . 309 



Protection from Insects 309 



Death of trees 310 



Injury to trees . . . . . .312 



Injury to reproduction ..... 314 



Control of insects ..... 314 



Protection from fungous diseases .... 318 



Protection against other agencies .... 319 



INDEX 321 



